Aug 13 2007
Snakes on a Plane!
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If you try to immolate this man I suggest you get yourself a good pair of Air Jordan shoes as they a fine pair of running shoes, and I guarantee you’ll be doing a lot of running:
CAIRO, Egypt - It was very nearly a real-life version of “Snakes on a Plane.” A man was stopped at Cairo’s airport just moments before he boarded a Saudi Arabia-bound plane with carry-on bags filled with live snakes, as well as a few baby crocodiles and chameleons.
Security officials became suspicious of the 22-year-old Saudi man’s bags when the X-ray machine at the departure gate gave odd readings. Police said they opened the bags and found a large number of reptiles, including at least one cobra, squirming to escape.
The animals were confiscated and turned over to the Cairo Zoo and the man was allowed to board his flight home.
Transporting live reptiles out of the country is illegal in Egypt, but the passenger said he was unaware of the ban and that the snakes, crocodiles and chameleons were needed by a Saudi university for scientific experiments, police said.
You know, I would think it would be common sense that sticking an animal of any sort in your luggage is illegal or not allowed, especially if you’re taking it out of the country. But then again maybe common sense isn’t so common? Still though, considering another man from, you guessed it Saudi Arabia tried the same thing I don’t know why officials were lenient. Guess what folks, this man was lying through his teeth to you! Duh.
Of course a part of me wonders how the hell he managed to shove a cobra, among other snakes and baby crocodiles, in his suitcase without getting injured himself.
